SURFACING

Under the ravishing light of an Alaskan sky, objects are spilling from the thawing tundra linking a Yup'ik village to its hunter-gat herer past. In the shifting sand dunes of a Scottish shoreline, impressively preserved hearths and homes of Neolithic farmers are un covered. In a grandmother's disordered mind, memories surface of a long-ago mining accident and a 'mither who was kind'.For this lum inous new essay collection, acclaimed author Kathleen Jamie visits archaeological sites and mines her own memories - of her grandpar ents, of...[Leer más]